Vietnam mulls free trade zone in north to spur growth. Xinhua | May 14, 2025 2025-05-14 Share: HANOI, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese ... the Vietnam News Agency reported. ...

After being featured on a television program, the lush green Lien Village in Bac Ha District, Lao Cai Province, has quickly emerged as a sought-after destination. Several local homestays are now fully ...

Vietnam is famous for its water puppet shows. Farmers were the first people to perform these shows about 1,000 years ago. Because the villages in the Red River Delta get flooded easily, the farmers ...

North Korea was the third nation to grant North Vietnam diplomatic recognition in 1950, after the Soviet Union and China, but today, Hanoi’s relationship with Seoul is far deeper than it ever ...

While Vietnam was restoring ties with the U.S. in 1995, North Korea was isolating itself further, culminating in a currency “reform” in 2009 that made its citizens even poorer.

Since U.S. ties improved, Vietnam's growth has surged. "North Korea is now like Vietnam in the past. They are looking for new ways to get out of their isolated situation," says a Vietnamese analyst.

As recently as 1979, Vietnam repelled hundreds of thousands of People’s Liberation Army soldiers who poured over the border. This month marks the 40th anniversary of that brief but vicious war ...

“Vietnam’s path from a mortal enemy to a friendly partner of the United States is particularly appealing to North Korea, who believes a good relationship with the United States can help create ...

The film follows a journey through five of Vietnam’s most iconic craft villages: Chuong’s conical hats, Bat Trang’s ceramics, ...

Located in the northwest corner of North Vietnam, Dogpatch was colder, damper and darker than Hoa Lo. Its cells had small slits for windows, thick walls and ceilings, and were crammed with up to ...